30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 6

5 Favorite TV Shows


Liz:
1. Jazz games!
2. House Hunters
3. My First Place
4. Property Virgins (Only if the host is Sandra!)
5. Property Brothers



I know all of those shows are on HGTV so it might not count but that's really the only thing I ever watch if I'm not watching a Jazz game!


Logan: 
1. Man vs Wild
2. Arthur (growing up, I hope!)
3. House Hunters
4. Planet Earth
5. Fear Factor


I'm pretty sure Logan's life would be complete if he ever got the chance to meet Bear Grylls.  He basically lives by everything that man says or does!


Day 7: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 5

A Picture of Somewhere You've Been:

Liz:

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!

This is by far one of the coolest things I have ever done!  I went on a cruise in May of 2010 with my mom and some friends and this is one of the excursions we did.  I always worry that I'm going to pay for something at one of the ports and it won't be worth the money but this was definitely worth it plus some! I was amazed at how well trained the dolphins were and everything they could do.  If you ever have an opportunity to swim with dolphins, take it!

Logan:

Klagenfurt, Austria

Klagenfurt, Austria

As I mentioned in day 1 of this challenge, Logan served his mission in Germany and Austria.  We figured the most convenient way to send pictures to each other while he was gone would be to send a memory card back and forth with the pictures we had taken on it.  I still remember the day I got the memory card in the mail and these two pictures were on it!  I have never forgotten them!  I couldn't pick one to post so I had to put both.  Here is what Logan has to say about them: (Top Picture) "I had no idea if it was going to attack me.  I might have feared for my life for a second." (Bottom Picture) "That view of Italy was amazing.  It's a good thing I didn't slip on that small ledge because the fall was hundreds of feet."  To say I was terrified when I saw this picture is an understatement!

Day 6: 5 Favorite TV Shows

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 4

A Habit You Wish You Didn't Have:


Liz: 


While there are many things that I should do less/more of, the first "bad" habit that came to my mind is my love/passion/obsession for the Jazz.  That doesn't sound so terrible at first because what's wrong with being an avid Jazz fan, right?  Wrong.  Ever since I can remember, I live and die by the Jazz in the worst way possible.  Although I have tried to be better lately, I was awful in high school.  There were many moments when the Jazz would lose and I wouldn't talk to anybody and if I did, I felt bad for the other person haha.  (THIS picture just about sums me up on a night the Jazz lose!)  On the flip side, if the Jazz win, I'm without a doubt the happiest person in the world!  I feel as high as a kite and nothing can put me in a bad mood.  Logan is very much aware of my issue and I know he really dislikes it.  I've been pretty good ever since we got married but I will occasionally tease him by telling him that he needs to cheer extra hard for the Jazz to win so I can be in a good mood the rest of the night haha.  (I'm totally joking, of course!) 


Logan:


When I asked Logan what habit he wishes he didn't have he thought for a minute and then said: "Candy.  I wish I didn't eat so much candy!"  I have to agree, the boy does love sweets, especially fruity ones.  I know Logan loves holidays because there's so much candy lying around all the time.  He would probably eat candy the rest of his life for every meal if I let him! ;) I'm kinda surprised THIS wasn't our wedding! Good thing he's skinny, right?


Day 5: A Picture of Somewhere You've Been

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 3

A Picture of You and Your Friends:

One of the (MANY) wonderful things about being married to Logan is that we have the same group of close friends.  Having gone to Jr. High and High School together, we hung out with the same fantastic friends and have stayed close with them ever since.  I have known the majority of the people in this picture since we were wee ones in kindergarten and I am so grateful we are still just as close!


Day 4: A Habit You Wish You Didn't Have

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 2

5 Things On Your Bucket List


Liz's List:
1. Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
2. Sit on the floor at a Jazz game
3. Teach preschool from home
4. Learn fluent Spanish
5. Raise a family


Logan's List: These all came from him
1. Visit Europe for the 2nd time
2. Become a car expert
3. Own Jazz season tickets in the lower bowl
4. Complete graduate school
5. Visit Turks and Caicos (See pictures HERE and HERE)


Simply making these lists and thinking about doing these things makes me want to work harder every day in order to put us in a position one day to drop these items in the bucket!


Day 3: A Picture of You and Your Friends

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 1

I was stalking Annie's blog last night and saw that she's starting a "30 Day Blog Challenge".  I always love when other people do them because I have so much fun reading their blogs but I never thought I'd do one myself.  Lo and behold...here I am caving in to the challenge.  Who knows if I'll actually last the whole 30 days but it's worth a shot!


Day 1: Recent Picture of You and 15 Facts About Yourself (I'm going to skip the picture part because I'm not at home where my camera is.)


Liz Facts:
1. I have 5 brothers and no sisters
2. I have 5 wonderful nephews and 2 adorable nieces with one on the way! (On my side)
3. I have been to 5 different countries
4. I have been to 13 different states (stayed there at least 1 night)
5. (I am stealing this one from Annie because I can totally relate!) I am TERRIFIED of large bodies of water.  Swimming pools even freak me out sometimes even when I can see the bottom perfectly fine.  I love cruises but hate looking out at the water at night.  If I'm ever tubing and fall off and I'm waiting for the boat to come get me I feel like something/someone is going to come and grab me!  Weird, I know...
6. I would love to have a dog one day but I know it will never happen because a) I read somewhere that it costs over $15,000 to raise an average-size dog over the course of it's life and b) Logan would never let me!  I do hate the mess/smell, however, so I don't think I'll be too sad about never having one.
7. I worked at Coldstone for so long I rarely eat ice cream anymore.  I have to be in a very special mood for it and when I do want it I usually have to go to Coldstone or I just compare everywhere else to it.
8. I have a degree in Elementary Education and love just about everything that comes with teaching!  Unfortunately I'm not teaching right now but hopefully soon!
9. I have always wanted to teach pre-school out of my home.  It will have to wait till we live in a house but I hope that's a possibility someday!
10. Logan's graduate school may take us out of state down the road which I am totally okay with as long as we end up back in Utah after...
11. I really only need two things to make my life complete: The Jazz and Harry Potter ;)
12. I was not a fan of history in school at all but absolutely LOVE D.C.!  I definitely want to take my kids back there while they're in school.
13. Growing up, my parents never put out names on our Christmas presents.  They didn't want us to guess what the presents were so they came up with different fake names each year.  Some of the names I remember them using were Disney Characters, the 7 Dwarfs, Toy Story, Harry Potter, the Simpsons, & Lord of the Rings characters and one year they let my little brother choose and he chose prophets haha.  On Christmas Eve they would tell us who we were right before we went to bed.  I would love to continue that tradition with our kids!
14. I have a ton of favorite movies but my all-time favorite is probably the Count of Monte Cristo.  That show is a classic.  I could probably watch it over and over.
15. I love roller coasters and don't typically get too scared from them but there is one (I can't remember the name of it) at 6 Flags that terrified me.  I was literally scared for my life and didn't know if I would make it off alive haha.  


Logan Facts:
1. Logan is the youngest of 4 with 2 sisters and 1 brother.
2. He has 2 adorable nephews and a niece on the way!
3. He is a proud alum of the Murray High soccer and bowling teams (I think his favorite place to bowl is Fat Cats!)
4. He knows Disneyland like the back of his hand.  If you have any questions about it, he can probably tell you!
5. Luckily for me, he is VERY handy!
6. He is studying Exercise Sports Science at the U and hopes to go onto graduate school in a few years.
7. He had the EASIEST cell number in high school!  Too bad he had to change it when he got home from his mission.
8. He served a mission in Germany and Austria.  We definitely have a goal to visit in the next couple years.
9. He's good at pretty much every sport but loves snowboarding and basketball.
10. He loves HGTV as much as I do!  Definitely one of the reasons I married him! ;)
11. He enjoys cooking and trying out new recipes.  I've definitely learned a lot from him!
12. He is probably the least picky eater I've ever met.  As long as it's edible, he'll happily eat it which is so nice when you're just learning how to cook!
13. He loves fruity candy
14. His favorite calling is probably the one we were just released from in the Nursery.  He has so much fun with the kids!
15. He is an AMAZING gift giver and always tries to make it sentimental/meaningful even if it seems simple to other people.


Day 2: Bucket List

Easter

Although I love celebrating Easter and everything that comes with it, my favorite thing about April is definitely counting down to the last day of school!  I don't have to worry about it myself anymore but I am just as excited for Logan to finish up as I was when I was going.  The U gets out a couple weeks later than I did at Westminster so that's a little odd for me to get used to but still--only 2 weeks of classes and finals week until we can put this semester in the bag--it's been a doozy of a semester for sure!  I feel bad that Logan has to take classes this summer but we'll prepare him well by playing extra hard on our cruise in a few weeks :)

In the meantime, I'll stop dreaming of the future and talk about/enjoy what we're doing right now.  Easter is always one of my favorite holidays (probably because it means warmer weather) and this year didn't disappoint. 

Because Logan has been crazy busy with school/work, we didn't have time to dye eggs until Saturday night but I was determined to make sure it got done!  We definitely had a good time.

My Eggs

Logan's Eggs
 (Starring: Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Wilson  from Cast Away and I 'm not sure about the other two)

Growing up we always loved getting our baskets on Easter morning.  They were never filled with big presents but that was totally okay with me and my brothers so that's what I'm used to.  Hopefully I didn't disappoint Logan too much!

I know that's more of a sand bucket than an Easter Basket but it's the best Target had!

I definitely felt like the spoiled one this year since I got two baskets!  

It turns out he really does have the key to to my heart...a new basketball :)

The rest of our Easter Sunday was just as good as the beginning.  Logan and I are in the Nursery so we put together a little Easter Egg hunt for the kids which was really fun.  After church we went to dinner at my parent's where my grandpa held the annual Easter-Eggs-Filled-With-Money hunt.  Unfortunately we had to take off to make it to Logan's family's house so we missed out on the $10ish this year.  Darn ;)

I don't know about all of you but I am loving this warmer weather!  The one thing I hate about having a full-time job rather than going to school is that it doesn't feel like a true summer because I don't get that 3 month break!  I'll keep reminding myself that I'm lucky to have a full-time job in today's economy.

One other piece of exciting news: I get my implants today!  TEETH implants that is! :) For those of you that aren't aware of my deformity, I am missing both laterals (those are the teeth right next to your front teeth).  After enduring many years of gaping holes and fake teeth on a retainer, I am finally getting permanent implants today.  Hallelujah!  Hope everyone is enjoying their Spring!